EP0142758B1 - System and equipment for the manufacture and filling of flexible sterilizable bags - Google Patents

System and equipment for the manufacture and filling of flexible sterilizable bags Download PDF

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EP0142758B1
EP0142758B1 EP84113251A EP84113251A EP0142758B1 EP 0142758 B1 EP0142758 B1 EP 0142758B1 EP 84113251 A EP84113251 A EP 84113251A EP 84113251 A EP84113251 A EP 84113251A EP 0142758 B1 EP0142758 B1 EP 0142758B1
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Luciano Baldini
Alberto Siccardi
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B41/00—Supplying or feeding container-forming sheets or wrapping material
    • B65B41/12—Feeding webs from rolls
    • B65B41/16—Feeding webs from rolls by rollers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B55/00—Preserving, protecting or purifying packages or package contents in association with packaging
    • B65B55/02—Sterilising, e.g. of complete packages

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  • the present invention relates to a process for the continuous production of bags of flexible synthetic or artificial materials and for the simultaneous filling of the bags with liquids during the manufacture thereof, said process including the steps of: unwinding a bag forming film from a real; pressing, cleaning said film, drying, sterilizing, by means of UV radiations, folding same film and providing it with a valve, welding and cutting it.
  • the Assignee has setup a process that allows to get excellent results in the different characteristics of productivity, quality and safety and test and a drastic reduction of scraps, energy consumptions and size.
  • the invention includes an apparatus to process, to embody said process whose features are recited in claim 2.
  • block 1 shows the step and apparatus, namely the film feeding unit F, drawn from a reel B; the dashed rectangles illustrate the possibility of installing at least a second reel B' in the unit 1 parallel to the first reel B which has the same width as the other reel, or a reel B" having a width equal to n times the width of B or B'.
  • the unwinding reel is coupled to a tension adjusting device including a braking mechanism DF.
  • Block 2 shows the step and apparatus, namely the print unit (2a) and the winding unit (2b), for the film F coming from the reel B and/or B' or B".
  • the block 3 shows the step and corresponding apparatus for the washing sequence which, according to an important feature of the invention, consists of two separated stages 3a and 3b in which the film F is submitted to an ultrasonic cleaning with unit US (3a) and a washing (3b) with distilled water injected by nozzles 3' fed by pumps 10 and filters 12.
  • Each pump 10 is connected to a distilled water source by valves or cocks 10' (Fig. 2).
  • the feeding of the distilled water is a closed circuit type device which includes the means for partial liquid recycling.
  • Block 4 shows the film treatment phase which is divided into subphases that include: the drying (4a); the winding (4b); the sterilization by ultraviolets UV (4c); the alignment (4d); the folding (4e); and the transport device (4f).
  • the Figures 2 and 3 show the means for getting these operations that are represented respectively by a couple of squeezing rollers 4a, by the conventional series of winding rollers 4b, by the UV lamp joined with rollers 4c, by the alignment rollers 4d, by the folding prism PR introduced between the rollers 4e and at last by the tension roller 4f cooperating with the second folding roller 4'e;
  • the block 5 shows the phases, respectively the forming unit of the valve bag with contemporaneous filling of the said bag; these underphases and respectively the single station means, are shown with: 5a the first welding, 5b the valve application, 5c the film stamping with incision of the validity number, 5d the second welding made in longitudinal direction with respect to the former one, 5e the cut.
  • the first 5a is a longitudinal seal to determine the width of the final
  • the second welding makes two transversal seal and between the underphases 5c and 5d, it is carried out the underphase 5r of bag filling by the introduction of the solution S coming from the stocking STO by means of the dosing pump DOS.
  • DOS dosing pump
  • the filling of the dosed liquid is over it is introduced a little nitrogen volume coming from the source N 2 through the filter F' i into the superior head of the bag.
  • the filling phase SR' will be made by a series of nozzles I installed in parallel.
  • the phase 6 foresees an underphase 6a collecting the filled and separated bags STP that come out vertically oriented by 5e, e.g. on a conveyor NT and a test underphase 6b; the Figures 2 and 3 show the test member, represented by a pressure rollers couple RP suitable for carrying out the "integrity test".
  • the last packing phase 7 includes preferably a subphase 7a that applies an "outer wrapping" envelope and/or a phase 7a' which involves at least partial stiffening of the bag by means of a band.
  • a subphase 7b involves depositing the single bags on a support or megablister, a plurality of which can be arranged into layer packages or stacked for storage purposes.
  • the machine when the process of the invention is executed using reels having the width of n times the width of a single bag, the machine will be provided with n fixing devices for the valves (5b)n and (5R')n filling needles and further with n dosing devices (DOS)n and further with a phase or substation 6' in which the final cutting of the bags designated S 1 to S n and which are simultaneously provided from the test station 6b is carried out.
  • This final cutting of the bags can be made longitudinally along the line L, L' and L", or transversally along the line T.
  • Fig. 2 shows at 7' the packaged and transversally cut bag group, each bag being already enclosed in its outer envelope with our without vacuum application.
  • Fig. 2A shows the film F coming from at least one reel B, that undergoes the print phase 2a before passing into the winding unit 2b; this substation of print is represented only in a schematic way.
  • double washing phase 3a ultrasound
  • 3b water washing
  • FIG. 4 to 7 A particularly advantageous practical embodiment of a machine for carrying out the process according to Figs. 1 to 2 is represented in Figs. 4 to 7 in which STO is the solution tank; DOS is the relevant dosing pump; Fi are the filters of the filling solution; B is the film feeding reel; 2b is the winding unit; 3 is the washing tank divided in two sections 3a (ultrasound US) and 3b (water), 4 is the winding, alignment and sterilization unit in which the part 4d with the ultraviolet lamp ULV and further the folding prism PR (4e) can be clearly seen; 5a shows the longitudinal welder; 8 shows the film transport roller pair adjacent the welding unit; SP shows the transversally welded bags; 5c is the printing device; PH shows a photocell for controlling the stamping apparatus 5b; 5d shows the universal welder; 21 the ultrasound welder for the closing of the film; 20 shows the "closurervibrating hopper"; TR shows the filling tube; N 2 shows the nitrogen tank and 26 N 2 the relevant injection head

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Containers And Plastic Fillers For Packaging (AREA)
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EP84113251A 1983-11-14 1984-11-03 System and equipment for the manufacture and filling of flexible sterilizable bags Expired - Lifetime EP0142758B1 (en)

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AT84113251T ATE49935T1 (de) 1983-11-14 1984-11-03 System und anlage zur herstellung und fuellung von flexiblen sterilisierbaren saecken.

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IT23694/83A IT1171800B (it) 1983-11-14 1983-11-14 Sistema e apparecchiatura per la formatura ed il riempimento di sacche flessibili sterilizzabili
IT2369483 1983-11-14

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ES537645A0 (es) 1985-09-16
DE3481186D1 (de) 1990-03-08
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IT1171800B (it) 1987-06-10
ATE49935T1 (de) 1990-02-15

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